Optical materials

Improving disease control by changing fabric color

New color fabric approach that helps control its spread of disease

Scientists apply directed evolution to optical nanosensors

Scientists have used directed evolution to enhance the optical properties of complexes of DNA wrapped around carbon nanotubes.

Smallest ever spectrometer can image single cells

Smallest ever spectrometer based on a single nanowire

Quantum materials could find uses in light-controlled electronic devices

Weyl semimetals could be used to fabricate new photonic devices

Collaboration produces first-ever 2D phosphorene nanoribbons

High-quality phosphorene nanoribbons for high-speed electronics

Materials Today: The Future of Materials Science

Anti-counterfeiting improved by new hologram design

New generation holograms hard to counterfeit

Biopolymer nanoparticles shine brightly

Nanoparticles made from cellulose acetate are promising candidate for medical imaging applications

Light-emitting nanocrystals stimulate brain-like computing

Conventional computers could be replaced by massively parallel, low energy, more intelligent brain-like processors using artificial synaptic devices

Metal atoms bridge the gaps between carbon nanotubes

bridging the gaps between aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes with metal atoms boosts electrical conductivity in a new direction

Safe titanium can replace toxic lead in perovskite solar cells

Researchers have come up with a new titanium-based material for making lead-free, inorganic perovskite solar cells.